Chris Weldy Email & Phone Number

Kirkland, Wa, Us

Lead artist on the games Wild Wheel Otter™, Wild Wheel Fox™, Big Pig™ and Triple Turtle™. Provided art support for Liberty Jewels™ and Big Bubble™.I provide concept art, animation, graphic design, illustration and various 3D modeling/rigging/texturing/animation for various games in my role. I also provide feedback, mentoring, and assistance to other artists as needed.

Worked as support artist for "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends™" on both Rocky & Bullwinkle™ and Boris & Natasha™.

Seattle, Washington

Responsible for locating and documenting bugs using Nintendo’s in-house bug tracking software. Collaborated with a small team of testers to ensure the quality of upcoming software games. • Recognized for reporting high quality and creative bugs among the top percentile in the testing department. • Recognized for showing leadership qualities while working in a fairly standard tester role.

Greater Seattle Area

Created high-quality 2D animation art and UI assets for mobile applications in Adobe Animate and Photoshop.• Was invited back to Cricket Moon Media to work on projects as a freelancer. • Trusted to work from home because of clear communication skills and for consistently delivering high-quality 2D assets on time.

Reno, Nevada Area

Collaborated with sister studio DoubleDown porting game assets from cabinets to mobile using Unity and Photoshop. Touched up old art assets and created new ones when necessary. Later duties included creating 2D art and UI assets for Hitchcock Presents, an original slot game.• Ported 2D game art and redesigned UI art and icons as necessary for mobile slot games featuring IPs such as House of Cards, Top Dollar and Jackpot Paradise, which is now the face of DoubleDown’s mobile game app. • Tasked with creating new art assets such as Symbols, animations and UI art for the Alfred Hitchcock Presents slot game on the Crystal Curve Ultra. The game did well in focus testing and went on to get high marks at the G2E trade show.

Tasked with delivering art and animation and art assets for Flash games, mobile apps and websites for clients like Disney, Hasbro and PBS. Collaborated with art directors, producers and engineers in a variety of team sizes to complete projects on time. • Started as an intern, then was hired full-time for work ethic and providing high-quality art assets.• Tasked with lead responsibilities on Bubble Guppies: Happy Valentines Play! And My Little Pony: Power Ponies Go! which included creating game-screen mockups, UI and icon art, storyboards, optimization and delivering final art assets after implementing revisions made by art director.

Bachelor Of Digital Gaming And Interactive Media, Game And Interactive Media Design

Associate Of Arts (Aa), Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics And Special Effects

Diploma In Advanced Studies In Character Animation, Character Animation

Successfully completed the Classic Character Animation program, which consisted of 6 classes spanning 12 weeks each. My mentors were Nate.

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Game And Interactive Media Design